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To: TheOtherOne
I do not have that same problem. I understand your fear now.

Ever heard of Pete Singer, the Princeton professor who believes the right to life should not be extended to children? God wrote the commandments in stone to protect his people from moral idiots like Professor Singer. You would remove those protections? Are you unfamiliar with the axiomatic, or do you believe eternal principles of justice are up for a vote?
59 posted on 11/11/2003 12:43:16 PM PST by farmer18th
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To: farmer18th
And have you read Singer's essay(s)? They are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to attack from a logic standpoint. This is the point of the essays. He also wrote one (Famine, Affluence, and Morality http://www.petersingerlinks.com/famine.htm) in which the conclusion is that everyone has a moral duty to give away all of their money to the point that they are starving and freezing to death.

He makes an extremely compelling argument because he approaches the problem very logically and in a step-by-step manner. Anyhow, the point of his essays are not generally to persuade politically, but that clear and rational thought are necessary in dealing with questions of ethics, even if it leads to seemingly irrational results.
66 posted on 11/11/2003 12:50:16 PM PST by Viva Le Dissention
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To: farmer18th
God wrote the commandments in stone to protect his people from moral idiots like Professor Singer. You would remove those protections? Are you unfamiliar with the axiomatic, or do you believe eternal principles of justice are up for a vote?

Roy's stone is not the 10 commandments, it is a replica. That's all. That rock protects nobody. The word of God is not altered whether this stone stands or not.

133 posted on 11/11/2003 1:41:24 PM PST by TheOtherOne
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